CH 25 ART

The preeminent French art patron of the 17th century was ________ .

. Louis XIV

________ became court portraitist to Charles I of England.

Anthony Van Dyck

The establishment of the ________ in 1609 eventually became the center of European transfer banking.

Bank of Amsterdam

The fundamental conflicts underlying the Thirty Years' War was ongoing friction between the between the ________ .

Catholics and Protestants

________ harmonized Palladian, French, and Italian Baroque architectural styles in his design of Saint Paul's Cathedral.

Christopher Wren

________ was a leading portrait painter in Haarlem and is known for his lively, relaxed portraits.

Frans Hals

Aside from his work as an artist, ________ was also an innkeeper and art dealer.

Jan Vermeer

________ was one of Frans Hals's pupils who went on to a successful, independent painting career.

Judith Leyster

Who is credited with ultimately being responsible for establishing classical painting as an important ingredient of 17th-century French art?

Nicolas Poussin

Marie de' Medici commissioned ________ to memorialize and glorify her career.

Peter Paul Rubens

________ combined the contributions of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque masters to formulate the first pan-European painting style.

Peter Paul Rubens

________ was a leading practitioner of floral painting in the Dutch Republic.

Rachel Ruysch

The spiritual stillness of the religious art of ________ shows inward-turning contemplation.

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Thirty Years' War concluded in 1648 with the ________ .

Treaty of Westphalia

Which graphic media was more manageable than engraving?

etching

Aside from genre paintings and portraits, ________ scenes were extremely popular in 17th-century Dutch art?

landscape

By the 17th century, European societies began to coordinate their ________ more systematically.

long-distance trade

In the Protestant Dutch Republic, art was mainly commissioned by ________ .

merchant patrons

The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 marked the abandonment of the idea of a united Christian Europe and accepted the practical realities of ________ .

secular political systems

A painting of inanimate objects such as flowers and fruit is called a ________ .

still-life